typhl-
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĭfl, IPA(key): /tɪfl/
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tuphlós, “blind”).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- nyctotyphlosis (obsolete, rare)
- typhlitis
- typhlocolitis
- typhlograph
- typhlology
Related terms
Related terms
- typhlope (zoölogy, rare)
- typhlophthalmic (zoölogy, rare)
Etymology 2
From the Ancient Greek τῠφλόν (tuphlón, “cæcum”, “blind gut”), the neuter form of τῠφλός (tuphlós, “blind”), whence typhl-¹.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- typhlatony
- typhlectomy
- typhlenteritis
- typhlodicliditis
- typhlolithiasis
- typhlopexy
- typhlostenosis
- typhlotomy
Related terms
Related terms
- paratyphlitis (medicine, obsolete, rare)
- perityphlitis (medicine, chiefly historical) →
- perityphlitic (pathology, rare)
- typhlitis (pathology) →
References
- “typhlo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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